Updates from around the globe on the ITF’s work to build a fairer, safer and more just world for seafarers. Our news section covers issues affecting all seafarers, wherever they may be, and what we’re doing to improve seafarers’ lives and jobs, now and in the future.
Seventy crew on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan have been infected with the Covid-19 virus, the International Transport Workers’ Federation report.&
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) today call upon ship operators to return lashing to shore based dock workers.
Workers’ unions affiliated to the ITF have formed a new group in Papua New Guinea to cooperate more closely together.
International maritime unions have urged the Morrison government to reverse the decline of the Australian shipping industry and invest in the creation of a new strategic fleet to
The ITF is closely following all advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO) regarding the current outbre
Stephen Cotton, general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) will also be available for interview
The ITF has come to the rescue of 10 Kenyan seafarers who had travelled to Pemba, Mozambique through Tanzania in August 2019, to work on an EU-bound vessel, MV Nina.
Dockers unions, shop stewards and legal advisors from ten countries gathered in Rotterda
The ITF has represented the views of global maritime professionals at the 20th general assembly of the International Association of Maritime
The ITF “Dockers’ Clause” comes into force in Canada and Europe today.
